Uneven Tiled Floor - Is this bad workmanship?

[div]

jeez... alawys the TSF fault aint it..if thats wat he says he is....

 

[Time's Ran Out]

Ajax- I thought your advice and argument fine!

It was just Zoggy's last post where he stated he hadn't contacted the original tiler since March as he thought the floor was OK.
No one in his own famiy would tell him it was anything other than OK.
Then all of a sudden the view a 50p piece tells him its the worst job he could possibly have had done!

Just last week we had a thread from the tilers point of view thinking the customer complaint was to get money off!
Again the photo raised 4/5 pages of replies and hundreds of views but I wonder how many more positive comments would have been received if this tiler had not been so honest in the original thread.

At the end of the day the customer is always right!

Timeless John.

 

[grinder]

Hi
I have just posted a thread looking for an experienced tiler to come round and give me advice/quote me for a job to fix or re-tile a badly tiled floor
But just after reading and looking pictures of a thread about an uneven floor I really think my tiler has completely bodged my floor.
the area was 45 sq metres and most of the tiles are different heights, I have done the test with a ruler and coin and some are around 2mm difference and quite a few are around 3- 3.5 mm difference.
The kitchen/diner was an extension and my builder was first class in every area, the plastering, screeding etc is to a very high standard so I believe the floor was even.
the tiler was independent to the builder and was recommended to me by a friend so I really think its the result of the tiler and not an uneven floor.
We are hitting our toes on the uneven tiles and there are different height gaps along the skirting and there isn't alot of grout between the tiles, mostly it just looks a mess and its really upset me.
As I said the area was 45 sq metres and took the guy 5 days, he also had an older man that he bought round and helped him for the 5 days. I paid £900 for the labour. Bought and paid for the tiles and grout separately and also he gave me separate bill for £100 for other materials he purchased (he came round a few days before and put some wet material on the concrete floor)

Any advice would be great

I'm trying to upload more but this example goes on every 8 tiles

Hi there!
If its only few tiles then you can always use Dremel or Fein tools to cut the grout, crack and remove the offending tiles replacing with well leveled tiles this time.

 

[hillhead]

thats atrocious workmanship.you deserved better from your painter than recomending a clown.this sort of stuff is going on everywhere at the minute.i lifted a whole ground floor a few weeks ago because of the same problem.cowboy tiler made mess there too.i even posted pics of his lovely ensuite.shocked everybody.you need a proper tiler to go in and check it all over.even lift a few tiles to see whats going on.im not sure about your legal issues but im sure someone on here can fill you in.good luck anyway.

 

[woodfloorfitter]

I think you missed the important thing, the tiler should prepare and make sure the floor is perfect before laying tiles! its not difficult, not for a qualified tiler.

It looks awfull. I think your entitled to have any damage caused, fixed and any shoddy workmanship fixed

didnt you ask what guarantee comes with his work?

 

[wigan606]

looks like hes no idea how to tile / you should get someone experienced round to have a look and make notes then get him back and put it to him that the job just is not good enough

 

[LHowellCeramics]

Shoddy!!
Plain example 30sqm floor new screed, Looked fine. However came around to laying it and found it otherwise the worst screeding ive ever seen!!
Refused to lay and im awaiting the builder to come back and repair this!!
Theres no excuse for any tiles to be so out like you say no matter how much your paying a job is a job!! you should have one standard!!